valvelet

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

valvelet
    n 1: a small valve [syn: {valvule}, {valvelet}, {valvula}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Valvelet \Valve"let\, n.
   A little valve; a valvule; especially, one of the pieces
   which compose the outer covering of a pericarp.
   [1913 Webster]